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PAWN BROKING ODDITIES.
QUAINT, atJEER AND CURIOUS
THINGS THAT ARE PLEDGED.
Attempts to Pawn Twins, a Mastiff
and Canary Birds Regular
patrons.
“A pair of twins .”
“Yes, sir a pair of twins. That is the
queerest and most curious subject that
was ever ollered me in pawn, and I have
a great many remarkable things brought
to me in my experience.
“It was when I was clerking in the
pawnbroking line at Kashviile, Tenn.,
some nine years ago. I was lounging on
the counter checking up the books when j
a colored woman entered the little office j
She had with her two boys; little fellows !
about eight years of age. She looked at j
me, and 1 said: ‘Well, what can Ido
for you*’ The woman immediately be
gan crying. She was poorly, miserably
clad, even for a colored woman, and I
could see she was in great distress. B'inal
ly she told me that her husband was sick
and that she had no money to get food,
and so she had brought her two boys—
twins —to put them in pawn. She only
wanted s•>, and if I would let her have
it she would come for the boys w.thin a
week, directly her husband got better.
It would break her heart, she said to
part with her boys, even for a few days,
but she had to have money and she had
nothing else to bring to the pawnshop.
I explained to her that we did not loan
money on children and she seemed
amazed. Then she thought awhile aid
offered to sell the boys outright. “We
are notin that line of business either,”
I added. The ooor woman then looked
so toriorn that. I reaiiy pitied her. She
actually labored under the delusion that
a pawnbroker would loan money on any
thing. It was a genuine case of distress,
and f felt so sorry for the woman that 1
gave her a dollar out of my own pocket
and slie took her boys- bright 1 ttle
fellows they were, loo —by the hands
and walked sorrowfully away.”
The man who was telling tiiis story to
the reporter was a pawn roker’s clerk
and had been in the business for fifteen
years. The Press man had been asking
him some of his experiences as regards
queer and odd things that people at
tempted to pawn. He had worked in
pawnshops in the West, South and hast,
so Hi t tlm field of his observations had
not been limited.
“i u anomer occasion,” he resumed, a
half drunken man came into a pawn-hop
in . aasas ity, where I was working,
dragging an ugly, vicious lookiug ng
lisli mastiff by a strong chain. ‘What
will you loan me on this ’ere dog,’ he
queried. ‘V\e don’t loan on live stock.’
1 answered, good humored ly. ‘Oh, you
don't, eh! Well, young feller, you jest
fork ovef a ten dollar bill, or ,’ and
he immediately pulled a big revolver
from his hip pocket and placed it on the
counter significantly. I saw I had to
deal with a dangerous customer, and I
can tell-you I was rather badly scared,
for drunken men'of his kidney out West
would as soon shoot as drink. So I pre
tended to agree, and said: “Well,what’s
the dog worth?’ ‘He’s worth SUiO, I
tell ye,’ was the reply, and he touched
his revolver, giving me at the same time
a sinister look. ‘All right you shall
have .V lo.’ I took up a ticket and pre
tended to make it out. ‘What name/
‘Bob, the i.anger,’ was the an-wer. I
threw him the ticket and then waked to
the sale in the rear of the office as if to
get the money. While feigning to open
the safe 1 turned the hand e of a door
alongside and sud lenly jumped hrough
it. In a moment a bullet crashed through
the door, out i was safe. The police ar
rived, and the man, who was a Texas
cowboy, was locked up. He had a ter
rible attack of dediium tremens, and was
in the hospital some weeks before he was
cured. That fellow was a dangerous
customer, and would have shot me sure
if I had refused to loan him anything
and had not humored him.
“The only other occasion upon which
anything animate was offered me was in
Philadelphia. There an elderly lady
once tried to pawn a bird cage with two
canary birds in it, but, of course, she did
not succeed.”
In a long conversation with the pawn
broker’s clerk the reporter gleaned much
information as to his business. While
almost every article that is manufac
tured, even to the most inconceivable
thing, is pawned, there is also a certain
regularity in the busine-.s at the various
seasons.
For instance, in the spring the winter
overcoat is taken to “uticle s,” and there
it reina ns until the chilly winds of No
vember arrive, when it .s redeemed and
the summer clothing takes its place.
One peculiarity was learned about win
ter clothing vvh ch is pawned, and that
is that the pawnbrokers’ stores inr the
more fashionable portion of the city have
a l.vely custom in sealskin sacks, which
are pledged in early spring and by peo
ple who do not n ed the m >ney.
“How do you account for this?” was
asked the e’erk.
“Well, many of these women who own
sealskins seem to prefer bringing them
to us instead of taking them to a regular
furrier's. We handle them aid Keep
them with as much care as they do in
those stores, and we give good value on
a sealskin, as a goed article is always
marketable. The women get the money,
and i think they imagine that if any
thing should happen that the store
should be burnt, or soon, that their loss
would not be so great.”
It is in the poorer districts of the c'ty,
however, where poverty flourishes, that
the pawnbrokers do a thriving trade
There are numerous families whose Sun
day clothes are taken out of pawn regu
lar yon Saturday night and pledged
again on Monday. “It is always the
Woman who i rings the bundle,” contiu-
u ed the clerk, “and I am so well ac
quainted with dozens of them that I
never open the bundle. They get the
*ame amount with unfailing regularity,
for su h pawn bundles tne loan a' erages
bom to $lO, rarely more. The poor
People bring everything to us—cloaks,
irons, washboards, roll ng pins, dust
P an s—almost every article you cau
imagine of utility in a house. Sometimes
they are in the most battered state, and
A is only because they bring a number
°f them that they can get any money at
all on them. Ban os, violins, accordeons,
c °rt*Ms and all kinds of musical instru
ments are brought to its. Jewelry and
watches and chains are also ob ects
which are pawned with the greatest fre-
Queucy. Do we loan fair value on them?
'Well, hardly. After all, jewelry and
gems and diamonds are harder to sell
than mo-t people imagine, so flint we
have to have a tolerably big margin on
the safe side.”—A r eie York Press.
I i——i
SELECT SIFTINGS.
Bulwer is pronounced Buller.
The lyre was invented by Tasutus.
Tragedy was first presented in Athens.
In 1-100 there was scarcely a book in
Home.
Indianapolis, Ind., is often called the
Railroad City.
A Paris firm has produced porous glass
for window panes.
A Boston parrot has been taught to
talk through a telephone.
Turnpike roads were first established
in the reigu of Queen Anne.
Elijah Gibbons, of Irontown, Ohio,
is 105 years old ami as frisky as a boy.
Constantinople was overturned and aii
Greece shaken by an earthquake 'A. D.
93G.
The term Tory, as applied to an Eng
lish political party, was given about
1078.
“Squaw winter” is the Indiana term
for the first cold Hurry that proceeds In
dian summer.
North Carolina lias a diamond mine
located near Bridletown upon the farm
of J. C. Mills.
In Portugal they cure a quick tem
pered person by inviting every one to
give him a kick.
Mrs. Charlotte Godfrey of Bayfield,
Wis., has happily rounded out 113 years
of this vale of tears.
The highest railway bridge in the Uni
ted States is the Kin/ua viaduct, on the
Erie road, 305 feet high.
Hydropathy, the treatment of diseases
by cold water, was practed by II ppoera
tes in the fourth century B. C.
Two old women recently fought in
the streets of Guadala ara, Mexico, over
the love of a man eighty yeais of age.
On the borders of Palestine, in the
stony districts, partridges were plenti
ful at all seasons of the year as late as
le>42.
The earliest among remarkable Eng
ii h conspirac es was that of the Duke
of Gloucester against Richard 11., in
1397.
llong-Kong was taken from China by
the ■ ug’ish under ( aptain Elliott, Au
gust Z 6, 183 ii, aud was ceded to Great
, ritain January 20, 1811.
Tamagno, the tenor, is said to have
declined an oiler of one hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars for a six
months’ tour in America.
( urious markings in walnut weffsd are
not uncommon. A specimen remarkable
for the close resemblance of the marking
to a figure of a bird was recently ex
hibited.
Anthracite coal was first introduced
by a Connecticut blacksmith named
( eorge, in 1758-9. hirst used as a do
mestic fuel by Jesse I ell, of Wilkes
ba re, Penn., in 1803.
When bread grew scarce and high in
Frame before the revolution, the gra
cious queen was creff ted with the
thoughtful and sagacious remark that
the people might eat cake instead.
A Waterbury (Conn.) girl had a cat of
wh ch she was extremely fond, and
which showed great affection for her.
The girl died and the cat got into the
room where the body lay, and as soon
as it saw the face of its dead mistress,
fell dead with a groan.
Queen Victoria recently received from
a Glasgow geutlemaD, a copy of her
speech at la-gow, inscribed on a piece
of parchment no larger than a three
penny bit. The writing is so minute as
cc be illegible except through a micro
scope. and was the work of a man over
seventy years of age.
Had Two Hats, But Lost His Hoad.
M. I ablaohe, the <rrcat singer, is very
absent m uffed. He was recently at
Naples,and King Humbert,who was a’so
there, expressed a desire to make h.s ac
quaintance. On entering the ante
chamber in the palace M. i ablache found
that the gentlemen present were all per
sonal acquaintances of bis, and asked
them to be allowed to keep liis hat on,
as he was suffering from a severe cold. A
lively conversation was cut short by the
(ntianca of a chamberlain announcing
that the King would receive M. Lablache
at once. In the momentary confusion
the singer forgot that lie was wearing
his hat,°took hold of another wh'cli had
been plat ed on a chair near him, and
went before his ma esty, wim at the sight
of him burst into a fit of uncontrollable
laughter. I tti rly confused, Mr. La
blache aiked humbly to be informed of
tho reason of the King’s merriment.
“ et me ask you a question first,” re
plied tne :iinp. “Which is your hat
the one you arc wearing on your head or
the one you carry in your hand;”
“Hague take it all!” replied f ah ache,
joining in the laughter, “truly, two hats
are too many for a fellow wiio has lost
his head.”
A Leg Lost by a Trivial Incident,
Some weeks ago Mrs. Warren beads, of
Battle r reek, Mich., had occasion to
rise earlier in the morning than her
husband. As she did so in a hurry she
stepped on one of his legs. He screamed,
and joaingly protested nis w.fe might as
well have given him warning if she had
intended to maim him for life. But
noth ng more was thought of the matter
until recently, when a sore started on the
spot where Mrs. bearls’s foot had pressed
with her whole weight. From thi- blood
poisoning set in, and it was decided that
ampuiation was necessary. The opera
tion war performed and Mr. B earls will
probably get well. Ntu> York World.
A Piute Ballot-Box Stalling.
The Sacramento (Cal.) Bee says: Cap
tain Sam, leader of the Piute Indians,
who have been gleaning hops along the
American river of late, says that he was
once a candidate for Chief of the Piutes.
His opponent was ( aptain Jim, and the
Piutes agreed upon a date for the elec
tion. The balloting war to be by means
of small pebbles, to be deposited in a
box, Sam’s ballots being white pebbles
and Jims bfack. The night before the
election some of Jim’s adherents dropped
a bucketful of black pebbles into the
box, and, of course, when the pe bles
were counted Jim was elected.
ARMY HORSES’ TAILS-
The Reason Why They Are Long in
the Cavalry.
As a woman’s hair is her crown of
glory, so the horse’s tail is his sceptre of
grace, says a writer. It is a noticeable
fact, and one worthy of comment, that
never in the history of our army have
the tails of the trooper’s horses, nor of
those of the light batteries, been med
dled with. Not so with the tails of
horses seen in haunts of fashion. The
custom of docking their tails is now car
ried to an absurd extent, and ultra fash
ionables leave their faithful slaves scarce
ly any tails at all. It now seems proba
ble that it will end like that of the farm
er’s dog whose tail was cut off just be
hind his cars.
Thirty years or less ago it was the
fashion to “prick” horses’ tails as well
as to “dock,” or out them off. The de
pressory muscles were severed after the
removal of about two-thirds of the tail
itself, and tho mutilated stump was ele
vated by means of a rope attached to a
weight, passed through a pulley in the
ceiling of the stable. This, while pos
sibly excusable in the treatment of
horses that kicked and became danger
ous when their tails were tV-own over
the reins in driving, was, <• rule, a
cruel and a senseless custom.
Some horsemen claim that “dooking”
improves deficient quarters, a c aim
which is easier to make than to estab
lish.
The horse has been apily liked to a
ship; his bead represents the bow, his
body the hull and his tail the rudder.
The eye is the lookout aud the prompt
obedience of motion to that indicated
by the quick movement, of the tail, is
more rapid than that of the most faith
ful IxioD. The folly of the votaries of
fashion is greater than they dream of,
their lives even sometimes paying the
penalty.
The body of the horse is inclined, per
haps imperceptibly, but none the less
surely, toward the point to which he de
sires to direct his course. The head is
turned, also, l ore or less in the same
direction, the tail inclining towa d an
opposite course and the long hair flows
outward, gently lavoring the grace of
movement. A “swish” of the tail
when suddenly changing direction at
speed, aiils the horse in maintaining his
balance and enables him to turn quickly
and gracefully.’ In his employment by
the civilians, in such sports as require
speed and obedience, the animal’s abili
ty to move quickly in changing direction
is sacrificed to gratify a senseless whim.
The polo player is mounted on a pony,
agile and willing to answer his muster’s
slightest wish. He is fleet, active and
well-trained, but, deprived of his steer
ing apparatus and when he needs it
most, must flounder like a ship that lias
lost its rudder. Very probably the re
bent accidents at the polo games at New
port would not have happened if the
ponies had not heen “docked.”
Who aie the best riders in the world?
Tlie Comanches. Do they dock tlieir
ponies’ tails? No, they are far too wise
and cunning to do anything so foolish.
True, they sometimes clip a pony’s ear,
but that does not perceptibly impede his
movement. Inquiry and research fail to
6how that horses’ tails are cut off in any
cavalry regiments iu the world.
As an officer of his church Gen. Harri
son assists iu taking the collection every
Sunday. It is said that he has not
misled a service, when at home in Indian
apo’is, Ind., since his nomination to the
Presidency.
Eruption of the (Skin Cured.
Brockvllle, Ontario, Canada, I
December 2, 1885. f
I have used Brandreth’s Pills for the past
fifteen years, and think them the best cathartic
and anti-bilious remedy known. For some five
years I suffered with an eruption of the skin
that gave me great pain and annoyance. I tried
different blood remedies, but, although gaining
strength, the itching was unrelieved. I finally
concluded to take a thorough course of Bran
dreths Pills. I took six each night for four
nights, then five, four, three, two, lessening
each time by one, and then for one month took
one every night.with the happy result that now
my skin is perfectly clear and has been so evor
since. Ed. Venney.
A statue to Wm. H. Seward, Lincoln’s Sec
retary of State, was unveiled at Auburn, N. V.
Shall Women Be Allowed to Vote?
The question of female suffrage has agitated
the tongues and pens of reformers for many
years, and good arguments have been adduced
for and against it. Many of the softer sex
could vote intelligently, and many would vote
as their hu band • did, and give no thought to
the merits of a poitical issue. They would all
vote for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, for
they know it is a boom to their sex. It is un
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discharges, morning sickness, and the coun:-
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only remedy for woman's peculiar weaknesses
and ailments, soid by druggist-, under a posi
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it will give satisfaction in every case, or money
will be refunded. See guarantee on wrapper
around bottle.
There are about 265.000 Indians in the United
States, not counting iho Aluskans.
“ Purgatory Bullets.”
An excited Irishman lately rushed into a
Boston drug store, having a “broken-up” an
pearance generally. “Bo jabbers!” be yelled,
“I’m all wrong enlo rely. I want some sthuff
to straighten me out. Some o’ thim ‘Purga
tory Bullets’wil fix me. I’m thinkiu’. "hat
d'ye tax for thim?’’ “What do you mean';
asked the clerk. “‘Purgatory Bullets, sor.ur
some hi .’ loike that, they call thim,” rep.ied
the man. “Sbure, I’m in purgatory already,
with headache, and liver complaint, and bad
shtomach, and the divil knows what all.” T..e
clerk passed out a vial of Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant
Purgativ e Pellets, and Pat went off contented.
These little Pellets cure ali derangements of
liver, stomach and bowels. Sugar-coated, lit
tle larger than mustard seeds, aud pleasant to
take. Druggists.
The Knights of Labor lost 153,761 members
during last year.
A Rnd'cnl Cure for Epileptic Fit*.
To the Eilltor— Please inform your readers
that 1 hare a positive remedy for the above
named disease which 1 warrant to cure the
ivorst cases. So strong -s my laith in its vir
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valuable treatise to any sufferer who w ill give
me his P O and Express address. Resp’y,
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Catarrh Cared.
A clergyman, after years of suffering from
that loathsome disease. Catarrh, and vainly
trying every known remedy, at last found a
prescription which completely cured and saved
him from death. Any sufferer from this dread
ful disease sending a self-addressed stamped
envelope to Prof. J. A. I awrencei 88 War en
St.. N.Y., will receive the recipe free of charge.
A Difliculty Surmounted.
It is often very difficult to tell what kind of a
laxative to give to a very young child who is
sutiering from constipation. The cimy medicine
which is at the samiumo perfectly safe, euec
tive, and pieasant, u> take, is Hamburg tigs. 25
cents. Dose one t ig. Mack Drug Co.jN. Y.
Doe* th- Earth Really Move f
Science says that it does, but we cannot help
wondering sometimes if there Isn t some mis
take about it, when we see bow stubbor ly
certain old fogies cling to their musty ana
antiquated ideas. It was believed once that
consumption was incurable, aud although It
has been clearly demonstrated that it is not,
thousands of old-time physicians close i heir
eyes and put their hands to their ears and re
fuse to abandon the theory. But for all that
the world moves on, and Dr. Pierce’s Goideu
Medical Discovery continues to rescue sufier
ers from consumptives’ graves it is a sure cure
for this dreaded disease, if taken in time. All
scrofulous diseases—and consumption is m
c. ailed iu the list—yield to it.
The orange crop of Plori :a will give 10
oranges to each person in ihe United States.
In (tenernl Debility, Kmnciation,
Consumption, and Wasting in Children,
Scott’s Emulsion of Pure Cod Taver Oil with
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i lie Emulsion hi- Cough lias ceased, gained
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iffs life wil, be prolonged many yours.’’ —John
Sullivan, Hospital Steward, Morganza, Pa.
The sun must be getting more expensive
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li7 '1 i with “Go and ask
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Aust Jane Well, Mildred, I suppose I
should not expect a girl of your age to be upon
such matters, but certainly her mother ought to
be It happens that only a short time ago I
was reading an article on Etiquette in my in
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Marriage Engagement.” I will lend tho mag
azine to you, which will answer ail your ques
tions. And now, that you are contemplating
marriage, let me give you a little advice. Do
not start off like your mother did, to always de
pend on others for her information. - our
mother always says, “Go ask Aunt Jane, she
knows everything.” Well, I am egotistical
enough to admit that I can generally give in
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didly that every bit of my household knowledge
has been gained from reading Demoreet’s
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would be lost for answers to your numerous
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